Ulu Temburong National Park

Our visitors finally arrived on Thursday evening (in the end they had to purchase whole new tickets...). As soon as they got here we took them to Jerudong Park. It was a beautiful night and the boys loved the bumper car rides and go carts. We didn't stay up late that night as we were planning to get up early to visit Temburong.

Matthew stayed home with Oliver so that I can go on the tour with my friends. I had never been to Temburong so it was very exciting for me too (sorry Matthew...).
We took the jet boat to the center of Temburong where our guide Mr. Nasir picked us up. He told me the population of Temburong is only 10,000. Very small town.

The tour started with a nice breakfast at the local restaurant. We all tried Roti with chicken curry.



Having a nice warm feeling in our tummy we got into a van and went 20 minutes or so into the forest.
A long boat was waiting for us. It was such a beautiful sunny day!



Shota and Yuji getting on the long boat.



Chie and Yumiko

Unfortunately the previous night it rained quite heavily so the river water was quite muddy. Other than that it was just so peaceful and beautiful.

When we got to the National Park we had to sign in the visitor book before we could go up the famous canopy walk.



I found this yellow flower - The national flower of Brunei called Simpor (you can see it on the one dollar bill, you can rub it into the cuts to help them heal).



We walked up the mountain for 20 minutes or so. I haven't done much exercise so my heart was pumping very fast...



We were told only 5 people on each tower at one time and when we go across the bridge only 2 people at a time. And when we reach the highest tower only 2 people are allowed. The highest point on the canopy was 60m above ground level.





After the walk Mr. Nasir took us to a little waterfall where we could cool down from the walk. We found lots of Dr.fish. These fish swim around your toes eating the dead skin off you and cleaning your feet!







Instead of boating back down the river Yumiko, Chie and the boys decided to float down the river in tubes. Thanks to the heavy rain they had a rapid current. They had so much fun!



To finish up the tour we were taken to a Mini Zoo where they keep some animals captured around the area. I felt a little bad they were in the cages.



This is a black and white hornbill.

We were all so sunburned and exhausted when we got home but it was worth it.